The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) has predicted that the EU will exceed its target of meeting 20% of its energy consumption from renewables by 2020. 34% of EU electricity demand is expected to come from renewables by 2020, 14% of it generated by wind (10% onshore, 4% offshore), 10.5% from hydro, 6.6% from biomass, 2.4% from solar photovoltaic, 0.5% from concentrated solar power, 0.3% from geothermal and 0.1% from wave power.
The prediction is based on analysis of action plans produced by the 27 EU member states, which shows that 25 of these states plan to exceed or meet their national targets. This therefore depends on the plans turning into reality.
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